Lacuna vincta, Northern lacuna

Lacuna vincta   (Montagu, 1803)

Northern lacuna

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Littorinimorpha | Littorinidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 83435).  Polar; 78°N - 34°N, 141°E - 42°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Northern Atlantic, Northern Pacific and the Arctic: from Japan to Alaska and California, and north to Svalbard. Circumpolar to subtropical.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 1.3 cm DL male/unsexed; (Ref. 83435); max. reported age: 1.00 years (Ref. 8702)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum depth from Ref. 118693. To 1.6 cm in size (unit not given) (Ref. 95344). Found on rocky shores along the intertidal zone. Abundant in some areas (Ref. 95344). Mesograzer (Ref. 118689). Feeds and lives on a variety of macroalgae in rocky subtidal zone, including Fucus distichus edentatus, Chondrus crispus, Fucus serratus, Mastocarpus stellatus and Laurencia pinnatiada. Exhibits seasonal abundance in kelp habitats, where it dominantly feeds on Laminaria saccharina (Ref. 118682), Macrocystis integrifolia and Nereocystis luetkeana (Ref. 118689).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Neotaenioglossa are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Dahl, L. 2002. (Ref. 3140)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 5.7 - 12.5, mean 9.9 (based on 304 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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